Jenna Coleman is thought to be leaving Doctor Who at Christmas (Picture: AP)

Say it isn’t so. Jenna Coleman is rumoured to be leaving Doctor Who during the next Christmas special.

Typical. We’re just about to get a new Doctor, when Capaldi makes his debut next week in Deep Breath, and now we could be losing companion Clara Oswald.

According to The Mirror: ‘The conversations about Jenna’s exit have started, and a plan is in place which is being ironed out.’

They might want to get a move on with those conversations as with series eight filming having wrapped a few weeks ago the Christmas special shoot can’t be far away, right?

If it’s true it’s probably no big surprise for Who fans as companions don’t stick around for long since the series returned in 2005.

Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman are on a world wide Doctor Who tour (Picture: AP)

Billie Piper who played Rose Tyler opposite Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant stuck around for two series – although she returned for series four and the 50th anniversary.

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Freema Agyeman (Martha Jones) and Catherine Tate (Donna Noble) both managed one series each while also making guest appearances at later dates,

Karen Gillan (Amy Pond) did better, opposite Matt Smith, clocking up two and a half seasons before her character was sent back in time by a Weeping Angel never to return – until, er, her brief cameo in the last Christmas special.

Clara’s only had half a series so far but she was the companion for the 50th anniversary in which she starred opposite three Doctors and is set to feature in the forthcoming run.

In the last series Clara, nicknamed the Impossible Girl, was revealed to have travelled throughout the Doctor’s time line saving him at pivotal moments even picking out the Tardis for him during his first incarnation. Yeah, if you’re not a Doctor Who fan then this bit is complicated and we’ve probably lost you by this point.